Fingerprint Recognition Method and Electronic Device

ABSTRACT

A fingerprint recognition method and an electronic device. The electronic device includes a touch screen and a fingerprint sensor. The electronic device displays a first interface and captures first fingerprint information that is input by a user at the first interface. The electronic device determines whether the touch screen is in a first state, and the first state is used to indicate that the touch screen is in a screen protector state. If the touch screen is in the first state, the electronic device restores the first fingerprint information by using a first preset artificial intelligence (AI) restoration model to obtain second fingerprint information. The electronic device determines that the second fingerprint information matches preset fingerprint information and displays a second interface. Quality of a fingerprint image in the second fingerprint information is higher than quality of a fingerprint image in the first fingerprint information.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a national stage of International Application No.PCT/CN2022/075709 filed on Feb. 9, 2022, which claims priority toChinese Patent Application No. 202110363678.6 filed on Apr. 2, 2021. Thedisclosures of both of the aforementioned applications are herebyincorporated by reference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Embodiments of the present application relate to the technical fields offingerprint recognition and artificial intelligence (artificialintelligence, AI), and more particularly, to a fingerprint recognitionmethod and an electronic device.

BACKGROUND

As a new technical breakthrough caused by the evolution of touchscreens, in-screen fingerprints are gradually applied to electronicdevices (for example, mobile phones). With regard to the in-screenfingerprint, a fingerprint sensor is integrated under a touch screen ofan electronic device, and the fingerprint sensor may capture fingerprintinformation of a user in response to a touch operation of the user in apreset position on the touch screen. The fingerprint information may beused for fingerprint recognition in a scenario such as payment orunlock.

A success rate of in-screen fingerprint recognition depends to a largeextent on quality of a fingerprint image in the fingerprint informationcaptured by the fingerprint sensor. Higher quality of the fingerprintimage in the fingerprint information captured by the fingerprint sensorindicates a higher success rate of user identity verification by usingthe fingerprint information (that is, in-screen fingerprintrecognition). The quality of the fingerprint image in the fingerprintinformation captured by the fingerprint sensor may be affected by adegree of fitting a user finger to the touch screen, a degree ofaccuracy of touching a position by a user, and the like.

There are, certainly, other factors that may affect the quality of thefingerprint image in the fingerprint information captured by thefingerprint sensor. For example, to protect a touch screen, a user oftenapplies a film, such as a tempered film or a hydrogel film, to anelectronic device (for example, a mobile phone). Applying a film to theelectronic device undoubtedly increases a distance between thefingerprint sensor disposed under the touch screen and a user finger,thereby affecting the quality of the fingerprint image in thefingerprint information captured by the fingerprint sensor, and furtherreducing the success rate of the in-screen fingerprint recognition.

SUMMARY

The present application provides a fingerprint recognition method and anelectronic device, which can increase a success rate of in-screenfingerprint recognition.

According to a first aspect, the present application provides afingerprint recognition method, which can be applied to an electronicdevice including a touch screen, and the electronic device furtherincludes a fingerprint sensor. In the method, the electronic device maydisplay a first interface, and the electronic device may capture firstfingerprint information that is input by a user at the first interface.Thereafter, the electronic device may determine whether the touch screenis in a first state. The first state is used to indicate that the touchscreen is in a screen protector state. If the touch screen is in thefirst state, the electronic device may restore the first fingerprintinformation by using a first preset AI restoration model to obtainsecond fingerprint information. Quality of a fingerprint image in thesecond fingerprint information is higher than quality of a fingerprintimage in the first fingerprint information. Finally, the electronicdevice determines that the second fingerprint information matches presetfingerprint information and displays a second interface.

The first preset AI restoration model is capable of restoring afingerprint image to improve image quality. The first preset AIrestoration model may be pre-configured on the electronic device. Forexample, alternatively, the quality of the fingerprint image may beindicated by sharpness and completeness of the fingerprint image. Asharper fingerprint image indicates higher quality of the fingerprintimage. A more complete fingerprint image indicates higher quality of thefingerprint image.

In the present application, if the touch screen is in the first state,the electronic device may perform fingerprint image restoration on thefingerprint image captured by the fingerprint sensor, to reduce impactof the screen protector on fingerprint recognition. Then, the electronicdevice performs fingerprint recognition on a restored fingerprint image.In this way, the success rate of the in-screen fingerprint recognitioncan be increased.

In a possible design of the first aspect, before the electronic devicedetermines whether the touch screen is in the first state, the method inthe present application may further include the following steps: Theelectronic device determines that the first fingerprint information doesnot match the preset fingerprint information. The electronic devicedisplays a third interface. The third interface includes promptinformation indicating a fingerprint recognition failure.

In other words, the electronic device may determine whether the touchscreen is in the first state if the first fingerprint information doesnot pass fingerprint recognition. It should be understood that if thefirst fingerprint information does not pass fingerprint recognition, areason may be that the image quality of the fingerprint informationcaptured by the fingerprint sensor is affected due to the touch screenprotector. In this way, the electronic device may use the first presetAI restoration model to restore the first fingerprint information toobtain the second fingerprint information with high image quality, andthen perform fingerprint recognition on the second fingerprintinformation. In this way, the success rate of the in-screen fingerprintrecognition can be increased.

In another possible design of the first aspect, after the electronicdevice determines whether the touch screen is in the first state, themethod in the present application may further include the followingsteps: If the touch screen is in a second state, the electronic devicerestores the first fingerprint information by using a second preset AIrestoration model to obtain third fingerprint information. Theelectronic device determines that the third fingerprint informationmatches the preset fingerprint information and displays the secondinterface. The second state is used to indicate that the touch screen isin a bare screen state. Quality of a fingerprint image in the thirdfingerprint information is higher than the quality of the fingerprintimage in the first fingerprint information. The first preset AIrestoration model is different from the second preset AI restorationmodel.

In this design, if the fingerprint recognition is not passed, theelectronic device may use different AI restoration models to restorefingerprint images captured by the fingerprint sensor when the touchscreen is in different states (such as a screen protector state or abare screen state), to improve quality of the fingerprint images. Inthis way, when the touch screen is in different states, quality of thefingerprint images can be improved accordingly, so that the success rateof fingerprint recognition can be increased.

In a possible design of the first aspect, the first interface includesat least one of the following interfaces: an interface in which theelectronic device is in a lock screen state, a fingerprint paymentinterface of the electronic device, and a fingerprint unlockinginterface for one or more functions of a first application on theelectronic device. Certainly, the first interface includes, but is notlimited to, the lock screen interface, the payment interface, and thefingerprint unlocking interface. The first interface may be anyinterface capable of receiving fingerprint information for fingerprintrecognition.

In another possible design of the first aspect, that the electronicdevice determines whether the touch screen is in a first state mayinclude the following steps: The electronic device obtains rawfingerprint data for the first fingerprint information and obtainspreset fingerprint data. The electronic device performs feature fusionon the raw fingerprint data and the preset fingerprint data to obtain afirst fusion image. The electronic device runs a preset AI recognitionmodel with the first fusion image used as input to determine whether thetouch screen is in the first state.

The raw fingerprint data may also be referred to as raw (raw) data.“Raw” can be translated as “unprocessed”. To be specific, the rawfingerprint data is an unprocessed fingerprint image captured by thefingerprint sensor. The preset fingerprint data may be referred to asbase (base) data. The preset fingerprint data includes noisy image datathat is generated based on actual hardware parameters of the touchscreen and the fingerprint sensor and that affects the success rate offingerprint recognition. The preset fingerprint data is pre-configuredon the electronic device. The preset AI recognition model is capable ofdetermining, based on a fingerprint image, whether a corresponding touchscreen is in a screen protector state. An output result of the preset AIrecognition model is used to indicate whether the touch screen is in thescreen protector state. The preset AI recognition model ispre-configured on the electronic device.

It should be understood that the raw fingerprint data is captured inreal time by the electronic device. The raw fingerprint data includesthe noisy image data that is generated based on the actual hardwareparameters of the touch screen and the fingerprint sensor and thataffects the success rate of fingerprint recognition. Therefore, theelectronic device can perform feature fusion on the raw fingerprint dataand the preset fingerprint data to reduce the noisy image data in theraw fingerprint data to obtain the first fusion image. Running thepreset AI recognition model with the first fusion image used as input todetermine whether the touch screen is in a screen protector stateincreases an accuracy rate of recognition in a screen protector state.

In another possible design of the first aspect, the method in which theelectronic device performs feature fusion on the raw fingerprint dataand the preset fingerprint data to obtain a first fusion image mayinclude the following steps: The electronic device removes noisy imagedata from the raw fingerprint data by using the preset fingerprint datato obtain a second fusion image. The electronic device performsnormalization on the second fusion image to obtain the first fusionimage. Brightness uniformity of all pixels in the first fusion image ishigher than brightness uniformity of all pixels in the second fusionimage.

In this design, the electronic device may perform normalization on thesecond fusion image to improve the brightness uniformity of the fusionimage. The brightness uniformity of the fingerprint image can bereflected by contrast of the fingerprint image. Stronger contrast of thefingerprint image indicates lower brightness uniformity of thefingerprint image. Weaker contrast of the fingerprint image indicateshigher brightness uniformity of the fingerprint image. In this design,normalization can be performed on the second fusion image to reduce thecontrast of the second fusion image, thereby improving the brightnessuniformity of the second fusion image.

In another possible design of the first aspect, image fusion isperformed on the raw fingerprint data (for example, the raw data) andthe preset fingerprint data (for example, the base data), so that onlypart of the noisy image data in the raw fingerprint data can be removed,and some Gaussian noise cannot be removed by using image fusion. In viewof this, the electronic device may perform normalization on the fusionimage, and then perform Gaussian filtering on the normalized image.

Specifically, the method in which the electronic device performs featurefusion on the raw fingerprint data and the preset fingerprint data toobtain a first fusion image may include the following steps: Theelectronic device removes noisy image data from the raw fingerprint databy using the preset fingerprint data to obtain a second fusion image.The electronic device performs normalization on the second fusion imageto obtain a third fusion image. Brightness uniformity of all pixels inthe third fusion image is higher than brightness uniformity of allpixels in the second fusion image. The electronic device performsGaussian filtering on the third fusion image to obtain the first fusionimage that does not include the Gaussian noise in the third fusionimage.

The part of noisy image data in the raw fingerprint data can be removedby normalization, and the Gaussian noise in the raw fingerprint data canbe removed by Gaussian filtering.

In another possible design of the first aspect, the preset AIrecognition model is a convolutional neural network (convolutionalneural network, CNN) model or a residual neural network (residual neuralnetwork, ResNet) model.

In another possible design of the first aspect, the method in which theelectronic device restores the first fingerprint information by usingthe first preset artificial intelligence AI restoration model to obtainsecond fingerprint information may include the following step: Theelectronic device runs the first preset AI restoration model with thefirst fingerprint information used as input to obtain the secondfingerprint information.

The first preset AI restoration model is trained by using a plurality offirst groups of fingerprint images as training samples. Each first groupof fingerprint images includes a first fingerprint image and a secondfingerprint image. The first fingerprint image is captured when thetouch screen is in the first state, and the second fingerprint image isa pre-configured image obtained after the first fingerprint image isrestored.

In another possible design of the first aspect, that the electronicdevice restores the first fingerprint information by using the secondpreset AI restoration model to obtain third fingerprint informationincludes the following step: The electronic device runs the secondpreset AI restoration model with the first fingerprint information usedas input to obtain the third fingerprint information.

The second preset AI restoration model is trained by using a pluralityof second groups of fingerprint images as training samples. Each secondgroup of fingerprint images includes a third fingerprint image and afourth fingerprint image. The third fingerprint image is captured whenthe touch screen is in the second state, and the fourth fingerprintimage is a pre-configured image obtained after the third fingerprintimage is restored.

It should be understood that because the orientation field image is usedto represent directionality of a fingerprint ridge of the fingerprintimage in the first fingerprint information, the directionality of thefingerprint ridge of the fingerprint image in the first fingerprintinformation can be determined by using the orientation field image, andintermittent fingerprint points in the first fingerprint information canbe connected based on the directionality of the fingerprint ridge of thefingerprint image in the first fingerprint information. Thus, the thirdfingerprint information whose image quality is higher than image qualityof the first fingerprint information can be obtained.

It should be noted that the first preset AI restoration model and thesecond preset AI restoration model are trained by using differenttraining samples. Specifically, the first preset AI restoration model istrained by using the plurality of first groups of fingerprint images astraining samples, while the second preset AI restoration model istrained by using the plurality of second groups of fingerprint images astraining samples. Each first group of fingerprint images includes afirst fingerprint image captured by the fingerprint sensor when thetouch screen is in the screen protector state, and a second fingerprintimage obtained by restoring the first fingerprint image. Each secondgroup of fingerprint images includes a third fingerprint image capturedby the fingerprint sensor when the touch screen is in the bare screenstate, and a fourth fingerprint image obtained by restoring the thirdfingerprint image.

In other words, the first preset AI restoration model is trained byusing the fingerprint images captured by the fingerprint sensor when thetouch screen is in the screen protector state, while the second presetAI restoration model is trained by using the fingerprint images capturedby the fingerprint sensor when the touch screen is in the bare screenstate. Therefore, the first preset AI restoration model has a bettereffect of restoring a fingerprint image captured in the screen protectorstate, while the second preset AI model has a better effect of restoringa fingerprint image captured in the bare screen state.

In another possible design of the first aspect, the first preset AIrestoration model may be a fully convolutional network (fullyconvolutional network, FCN) model.

In another possible design of the first aspect, the first preset AIrestoration model may be a Unet model.

In another possible design of the first aspect, the first preset AIrestoration model may be a Garbor filter. The Garbor filter is capableof extracting an orientation field image from the first fingerprintinformation, and restoring the first fingerprint information with theorientation field image to obtain the second fingerprint information.The orientation field image is used to represent directionality of afingerprint ridge of the fingerprint image in the first fingerprintinformation.

It should be understood that because the orientation field image is usedto represent directionality of a fingerprint ridge of the fingerprintimage in the first fingerprint information, the directionality of thefingerprint ridge of the fingerprint image in the first fingerprintinformation can be determined by using the orientation field image, andintermittent fingerprint points in the first fingerprint information canbe connected based on the directionality of the fingerprint ridge of thefingerprint image in the first fingerprint information. Thus, the secondfingerprint information whose image quality is higher than image qualityof the first fingerprint information can be obtained.

In another possible design of the first aspect, the second preset AIrestoration model may be an FCN model.

In another possible design of the first aspect, the second preset AIrestoration model may be a Unet model.

In another possible design of the first aspect, the second preset AIrestoration model may be Garbor filtering. The Garbor filter is capableof extracting an orientation field image from the first fingerprintinformation, and restoring the first fingerprint information with theorientation field image to obtain third fingerprint information. Theorientation field image is used to represent directionality of afingerprint ridge of the fingerprint image in the first fingerprintinformation.

In a second aspect, the present application provides an electronicdevice including a touch screen, a memory, and one or more processors,and the electronic device further includes a fingerprint sensor. Thetouch screen, the memory, and the fingerprint sensor are coupled to theprocessor. The memory stores computer program code. The computer programcode includes computer instructions. When the computer instructions areexecuted by the processor, the electronic device is enabled to performthe method described in the first aspect and any possible designthereof.

In a third aspect, the present application provides an electronic deviceincluding a touch screen, a memory, and one or more processors, and theelectronic device further includes a fingerprint sensor. The touchscreen, the memory, and the fingerprint sensor are coupled to theprocessor. The memory stores computer program code, and the computerprogram code includes computer instructions. When the computerinstructions are executed by the processor, the electronic device isenabled to perform the following steps: The touch screen displays afirst interface. The fingerprint sensor captures first fingerprintinformation that is input by a user at the first interface. Theprocessor determines whether the touch screen is in a first state, andthe first state is used to indicate that the touch screen is in a screenprotector state. If the touch screen is in the first state, theprocessor restores the first fingerprint information by using a firstpreset AI restoration model to obtain second fingerprint information.Quality of a fingerprint image in the second fingerprint information ishigher than quality of a fingerprint image in the first fingerprintinformation. The processor determines that the second fingerprintinformation matches preset fingerprint information and displays a secondinterface.

In a possible design of the third aspect, when the computer instructionsare executed by the processor, the electronic device is further enabledto perform the following steps: Before the processor determines whetherthe touch screen is in the first state, the processor determines thatthe first fingerprint information does not match the preset fingerprintinformation; and the touch screen displays a third interface. The thirdinterface includes prompt information indicating a fingerprintrecognition failure.

In another possible design of the third aspect, when the computerinstructions are executed by the processor, the electronic device isfurther enabled to perform the following steps: After the processordetermines whether the touch screen is in the first state, if the touchscreen is in a second state, the processor restores the firstfingerprint information by using a second preset AI restoration model toobtain third fingerprint information. The second state is used toindicate that the touch screen is in a bare screen state. Quality of afingerprint image in the third fingerprint information is higher thanthe quality of the fingerprint image in the first fingerprintinformation. The processor determines that the third fingerprintinformation matches the preset fingerprint information and displays thesecond interface. The first preset AI restoration model is differentfrom the second preset AI restoration model.

In another possible design of the third aspect, the first interfaceincludes at least one of the following interfaces: an interface in whichthe electronic device is in a lock screen state, a fingerprint paymentinterface of the electronic device, and a fingerprint unlockinginterface for one or more functions of a first application on theelectronic device.

In another possible design of the third aspect, when the computerinstructions are executed by the processor, the electronic device isfurther enabled to perform the following steps: The processor obtainsraw fingerprint data for the first fingerprint information and obtainspreset fingerprint data. The processor performs feature fusion on theraw fingerprint data and the preset fingerprint data to obtain a firstfusion image. The processor runs a preset AI recognition model with thefirst fusion image used as input to determine whether the touch screenis in the first state.

In another possible design of the third aspect, when the computerinstructions are executed by the processor, the electronic device isfurther enabled to perform the following steps: The processor removesnoisy image data from the raw fingerprint data by using the presetfingerprint data to obtain a second fusion image. The processor performsnormalization on the second fusion image to obtain the first fusionimage. Brightness uniformity of all pixels in the first fusion image ishigher than brightness uniformity of all pixels in the second fusionimage.

In another possible design of the third aspect, when the computerinstructions are executed by the processor, the electronic device isfurther enabled to perform the following steps: The processor removesnoisy image data from the raw fingerprint data by using the presetfingerprint data to obtain a second fusion image. The processor performsnormalization on the second fusion image to obtain a third fusion image.Brightness uniformity of all pixels in the third fusion image is higherthan brightness uniformity of all pixels in the second fusion image. Theprocessor performs Gaussian filtering on the third fusion image toobtain the first fusion image that does not include Gaussian noise inthe third fusion image.

In another possible design of the third aspect, the preset AIrecognition model includes a CNN model or a ResNet model.

In another possible design of the third aspect, when the computerinstructions are executed by the processor, the electronic device isfurther enabled to perform the following step: The processor runs thefirst preset AI restoration model with the first fingerprint informationused as input to obtain the second fingerprint information. The firstpreset AI restoration model is trained by using a plurality of firstgroups of fingerprint images as training samples. Each first group offingerprint images includes a first fingerprint image and a secondfingerprint image. The first fingerprint image is captured when thetouch screen is in the first state, and the second fingerprint image isa pre-configured image obtained after the first fingerprint image isrestored.

In another possible design of the third aspect, the first preset AIrestoration model is a fully convolutional network FCN model; or thefirst preset AI restoration model is a Unet model; or the first presetAI restoration model is a Garbor filter.

In another possible design of the third aspect, when the computerinstructions are executed by the processor, the electronic device isfurther enabled to perform the following step: The processor runs thesecond preset AI restoration model with the first fingerprintinformation used as input to obtain the third fingerprint information.The second preset AI restoration model is trained by using a pluralityof second groups of fingerprint images as training samples. Each secondgroup of fingerprint images includes a third fingerprint image and afourth fingerprint image. The third fingerprint image is captured whenthe touch screen is in the second state, and the fourth fingerprintimage is a pre-configured image obtained after the third fingerprintimage is restored.

In another possible design of the third aspect, the second preset AIrestoration model is an FCN model; or the second preset AI restorationmodel is a Unet model; or the second preset AI restoration model is aGarbor filter.

According to a fourth aspect, the present application provides acomputer storage medium. The computer storage medium includes computerinstructions. When the computer instructions are run on an electronicdevice, the electronic device is enabled to perform the method describedin any one of the first aspect and the possible designs of the firstaspect.

According to a fifth aspect, the present application provides a computerprogram product. When the computer program product is run on a computer,the computer is enabled to perform the method described in any one ofthe first aspect and the possible designs of the first aspect.

It may be understood that for beneficial effects that can be achieved bythe electronic devices according to any one of the second aspect, thepossible designs of the second aspect, the third aspect, and thepossible designs of the third aspect, by the computer storage mediumaccording to the fourth aspect, and by the computer program productaccording to the fifth aspect, reference may be made to the beneficialeffects according to any one of the first aspect and the possibledesigns of the first aspect. Details are not described herein again.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of fingerprint images captured by a mobilephone in a screen protector state and in a bare screen state accordingto an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a principle of a fingerprintrecognition method according to an embodiment of the presentapplication;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronicdevice according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a structure example of a touch screendisposed with a fingerprint sensor according to an embodiment of thepresent application;

FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B are a flowchart of a fingerprint recognition methodaccording to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6(a) to FIG. 6(c) are a schematic diagram of a display interface ofa mobile phone in a fingerprint recognition scenario according to anembodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7(a) and FIG. 7(b) are a schematic diagram of a display interfaceof a mobile phone in another fingerprint recognition scenario accordingto an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8(a) to FIG. 8(c) are a schematic diagram of a display interface ofa mobile phone in another fingerprint recognition scenario according toan embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9A and FIG. 9B are a flowchart of a fingerprint recognition methodaccording to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of fingerprint images before and afterrestoration according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic flowchart of a principle of another fingerprintrecognition method according to an embodiment of the presentapplication;

FIG. 12 is a schematic flowchart of a principle of another fingerprintrecognition method according to an embodiment of the presentapplication;

FIG. 13 is a schematic flowchart of a principle of another fingerprintrecognition method according to an embodiment of the presentapplication; and

FIG. 14 is a schematic flowchart of a principle of another fingerprintrecognition method according to an embodiment of the presentapplication.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIVE EMBODIMENTS

The following terms “first” and “second” are merely used fordescription, but should not be understood as indicating or implyingrelative importance or implying a quantity of indicated technicalfeatures. Therefore, a feature limited by “first” or “second” mayexplicitly or implicitly include one or more features. In thedescription of embodiments, unless otherwise stated, “a plurality of”means two or more.

An embodiment of the present application provides a fingerprintrecognition method, which can be applied to an electronic device havingan in-screen fingerprint recognition function. The electronic deviceincludes a touch screen, and a fingerprint sensor disposed under thetouch screen.

To protect a touch screen, a user often applies a film, such as atempered film or a hydrogel film, to an electronic device (for example,a mobile phone). Applying a film to the electronic device undoubtedlyincreases a distance between the fingerprint sensor disposed under thetouch screen and a user finger, thereby affecting quality of afingerprint image in fingerprint information captured by the fingerprintsensor, and further reducing a success rate of in-screen fingerprintrecognition.

In the embodiment of the present application, test data is used todescribe impact of applying a film to the electronic device (forexample, a mobile phone) on image quality of fingerprint informationcaptured by the fingerprint sensor disposed under the touch screen, andon a success rate of in-screen fingerprint recognition.

When touch screens of five new mobile phones of the same brand and modelare in five different states separately, Table 1 shows respective imagequality medians of fingerprint images captured by fingerprint sensorsdisposed under the touch screens, and respective success rates offingerprint unlocking. The five different states include a bare screenstate, a 0.50 millimeter (mm) tempered film protector state, a 0.36 mmtempered film protector state, a 0.26 mm hydrogel film protector state,and a 0.22 mm hydrogel film protector state.

TABLE 1 Bare 0.50 mm 0.36 mm 0.26 mm 0.22 mm screen tempered filmtempered film hydrogel film hydrogel film Test states state protectorstate protector state protector state protector state Image qualitymedians 35.17 22.47 24.69 24.21 28.67 Unlocking success rate 91% 79% 81%83% 87% (in a low temperature scenario)

The quality of the fingerprint image may be represented by sharpnessand/or completeness of the fingerprint image. In the embodiments of thepresent application, sharpness and/or completeness are collectivelyreferred to as quality parameters of a fingerprint image. Highersharpness indicates a larger quality parameter and higher quality of thefingerprint image. Higher completeness indicates a larger qualityparameter and higher quality of the fingerprint image.

When the mobile phone is in any one of the foregoing states (forexample, the 0.50 mm tempered film protector state), the fingerprintsensor may capture m fingerprint images, where m is an integer equal toor greater than 2. The m fingerprint images may be different in quality.In other words, quality parameters of the m fingerprint images may bedifferent.

When the m fingerprint images are arranged in ascending or descendingorder of the quality parameters, a fingerprint image queue can beobtained. If m is an odd number, the image quality median refers to aquality parameter of a fingerprint image arranged in the middle of thefingerprint image queue. If m is an even number, the image qualitymedian refers to an average of quality parameters of two fingerprintimages arranged in the middle of the fingerprint image queue.

For example, assuming that the mobile phone is in the 0.50 mm temperedfilm protector state, the fingerprint sensor may capture threefingerprint images: a fingerprint image 1, a fingerprint image 2, and afingerprint image 3. A quality parameter of the fingerprint image 1 is22.47, a quality parameter of the fingerprint image 2 is 24, and aquality parameter of the fingerprint image 3 is 22. Because 22<22.47<24,as shown in Table 1, in the 0.50 mm tempered film protector state, animage quality median of the fingerprint images is 22.47.

For another example, assuming that the mobile phone is in the 0.36 mmtempered film protector state, the fingerprint sensor may capture fourfingerprint images: a fingerprint image a, a fingerprint image b, afingerprint image c, and a fingerprint image d. A quality parameter ofthe fingerprint image a is 24.68, a quality parameter of the fingerprintimage b is 24.62, a quality parameter of the fingerprint image c is24.68, and a quality parameter of the fingerprint image d is 24.80.Because 24.62<24.68<24.70<24.80, as shown in Table 1, in the 0.36 mmtempered film protector state, an image quality median of thefingerprint images is (24.68+24.70)/2=49.38/2=24.69.

It should be noted that the test data shown in Table 1 is obtained byinputting a touch operation to the mobile phones in the foregoing fivestates by a same user in a same touch manner in a same low temperaturescenario.

Based on Table 1, it can be concluded that the quality median (forexample, 35.17) of the fingerprint images captured by the fingerprintsensor in the bare screen state is highest compared to those in thescreen protector state; and that the success rate (for example, 91%) offingerprint unlocking is highest in the bare screen state compared tothose in the screen protector state.

For example, FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of fingerprint imagesseparately captured by a mobile phone under a same condition (such as asame user finger or a same pressing force) in a screen protector stateand in a bare screen state. As shown in FIG. 1 , a fingerprint image 101is a fingerprint image captured by a fingerprint sensor of the mobilephone in the bare screen state; and a fingerprint image 102 is afingerprint image captured by the fingerprint sensor of the mobile phonein the screen protector state. After the fingerprint image 101 iscompared with the fingerprint image 102, it can be concluded that thefingerprint image captured by the fingerprint sensor in the bare screenstate is sharper and the image quality is better than image quality inthe screen protector state.

Moreover, a thinner film applied to the touch screen indicates a higherquality median of the fingerprint images captured by the fingerprintsensor in the corresponding state, and a higher success rate offingerprint unlocking. For example, the quality median (for example,28.67) of the fingerprint images captured by the fingerprint sensor inthe 0.22 mm hydrogel film protector state is highest, and the successrate (for example, 87%) of fingerprint unlocking is highest, as comparedto those in the other screen protector states.

For example, alternatively, the quality of the fingerprint image may beindicated by sharpness and completeness of the fingerprint image. Asharper fingerprint image indicates higher quality of the fingerprintimage. A more complete fingerprint image indicates higher quality of thefingerprint image. That quality of a fingerprint image (for example, thefingerprint image a) is higher than quality of another fingerprint image(for example, the fingerprint image b) may include that sharpness of thefingerprint image a is higher than sharpness of the fingerprint image b,and/or that completeness of the fingerprint image a is higher thancompleteness of the fingerprint image b.

Certainly, ambient light intensity, ambient humidity, and a degree ofwetness of a user finger also affect the quality of the fingerprintimage. Currently, in-screen fingerprint can be implemented in threemanners based on different technical principles: an optical in-screenfingerprint, an ultrasonic in-screen fingerprint, and a capacitivein-screen fingerprint. Due to good image quality and relatively maturetechnology, the optical in-screen fingerprints are widely used invarious electronic devices equipped with touch screens. Because theoptical in-screen fingerprint is realized by the principle of refractionand reflection of light, optical in-screen fingerprint recognition isrelatively sensitive to ambient light and humidity. It should be notedthat the method according to the embodiment of the present invention canbe applied to an in-screen fingerprint solution realized by theforegoing implementations such as an optical in-screen fingerprint, anultrasonic in-screen fingerprint, and a capacitive in-screenfingerprint.

Specifically, in the fingerprint recognition method provided in theembodiment of the present application, as shown in FIG. 2 , iffingerprint recognition fails on the electronic device, the electronicdevice can identify whether the touch screen of the electronic device isin a screen protector state (that is, perform screen protectorrecognition). If the touch screen is in a screen protector state, theelectronic device may perform fingerprint image restoration on thefingerprint image captured by the fingerprint sensor to reduce impact ofthe screen protector on fingerprint recognition. Then, the electronicdevice performs fingerprint recognition on a restored fingerprint image(fingerprint recognition again as shown in FIG. 2 ). In this way, thesuccess rate of the in-screen fingerprint recognition can be increased.

For example, the electronic device in this embodiment of the presentapplication may be a portable computer (for example, a mobile phone), atablet computer, a notebook computer, a personal computer (personalcomputer, PC), a wearable electronic device (for example, a smartwatch), an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR)/virtual reality(virtual reality, VR) device, a vehicle-mounted computer, or the like. Aspecific form of the electronic device is not specially limited in thefollowing embodiments.

For example, the foregoing electronic device is a mobile phone. FIG. 3is a schematic diagram of a structure of an electronic device 100according to an embodiment of the present application. The electronicdevice 100 may include a processor 110, an external memory interface120, an internal memory 121, a universal serial bus (universal serialbus, USB) interface 130, a charging management module 140, a powermanagement module 141, a battery 142, an antenna 1, an antenna 2, amobile communications module 150, a wireless communications module 160,an audio module 170, a speaker 170A, a telephone receiver 170B, amicrophone 170C, a headset jack 170D, a sensor module 180, a key 190, amotor 191, an indicator 192, a camera 193, a display 194, a subscriberidentity module (subscriber identification module, SIM) card interface195, and the like.

The sensor module 180 may include a pressure sensor, a gyro sensor, abarometric pressure sensor, a magnetic sensor, an acceleration sensor, adistance sensor, an optical proximity sensor, a fingerprint sensor 180A,a temperature sensor, a touch sensor 180B, an ambient light sensor, abone conduction sensor, and the like.

It can be understood that the structure illustrated in this embodimentof the present invention does not constitute a specific limitation onthe electronic device 100. In some other embodiments of the presentapplication, the electronic device 100 may include more or fewercomponents than those shown in the figure, combine some components,split some components, or have different component arrangements. Thecomponents in the figure may be implemented by hardware, software or acombination of software and hardware.

The processor 110 may include one or more processing units. For example,the processor 110 may include an application processor (applicationprocessor, AP), a modem processor, a graphics processing unit (graphicsprocessing unit, GPU), an image signal processor (image signalprocessor, ISP), a controller, a memory, a video codec, a digital signalprocessor (digital signal processor, DSP), a baseband processor, aneural-network processing unit (neural-network processing unit, NPU), amicro controller unit (micro controller unit, MCU), and/or the like.Different processing units may be separate devices or may be integratedinto one or more processors.

The controller may be a nerve center and a command center of theelectronic device 100. The controller may generate an operation controlsignal based on instruction operation code and a time sequence signal,and complete control of instruction fetching and instruction execution.

A memory may be disposed in the processor 110, and is configured tostore instructions and data. In some embodiments, the memory in theprocessor 110 is a cache. The memory may store instructions or data thatare or is just used or cyclically used by the processor 110. If theprocessor 110 needs to use the instructions or the data again, theprocessor 110 may directly invoke the instructions or the data from thememory, to avoid repeated access and reduce waiting time of theprocessor 110. This improves system efficiency.

In some embodiments, the processor 110 may include one or moreinterfaces. The interfaces may include an inter-integrated circuit(inter-integrated circuit, I2C) interface, a serial peripheral interface(serial peripheral interface, SPI), an inter-integrated circuit sound(inter-integrated circuit sound, I2S) interface, a pulse code modulation(pulse code modulation, PCM) interface, a universal asynchronousreceiver/transmitter (universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter, UART)interface, a mobile industry processor interface (mobile industryprocessor interface, MIPI), a general-purpose input/output(general-purpose input/output, GPIO) interface, a subscriber identitymodule (subscriber identity module, SIM) interface, a universal serialbus (universal serial bus, USB) interface, and/or the like.

It may be understood that an interface connection relationship betweenthe modules that is shown in embodiments of the present invention ismerely an example for description, and does not constitute a limitationon a structure of the electronic device 100. In some other embodimentsin the present application, the electronic device 100 may alternativelyuse an interface connection manner different from that in the foregoingembodiment, or use a combination of a plurality of interface connectionmanners.

The charging management module 140 is configured to receive charginginput from a charger. The power management module 141 is configured toconnect the battery 142 and the charging management module 140 to theprocessor 110. The power management module 141 receives input from thebattery 142 and/or the charging management module 140, and suppliespower to the processor 110, the internal memory 121, the externalmemory, the display 194, the camera 193, the wireless communicationsmodule 160, and the like. In some other embodiments, the powermanagement module 141 and the charging management module 140 may bedisposed on a same device.

A wireless communication function of the electronic device 100 may beimplemented by using the antenna 1, the antenna 2, the mobilecommunications module 150, the wireless communications module 160, themodem processor, the baseband processor, and the like. The antenna 1 andthe antenna 2 are configured to transmit and receive electromagneticwave signals. Each antenna in the electronic device 100 may beconfigured to cover one or more communication frequency bands. Differentantennas may be further multiplexed to improve antenna utilization. Forexample, the antenna 1 may be multiplexed as a diversity antenna for awireless local area network. In some other embodiments, the antenna maybe used together with a tuning switch.

The mobile communications module 150 may provide a solution to wirelesscommunication including 2G/3G/4G/5G and the like applied to theelectronic device 100. The wireless communications module 160 mayprovide a wireless communication solution that includes a wireless localarea network (wireless local area network, WLAN) (for example, a Wi-Finetwork), Bluetooth (Bluetooth, BT), a global navigation satellitesystem (global navigation satellite system, GNSS), frequency modulation(frequency modulation, FM), NFC, an infrared (infrared, IR) technology,and the like and that is applied to the electronic device 100.

The electronic device 100 implements a display function by using theGPU, the display 194, the application processor, and the like. The GPUis an image processing microprocessor and is connected to the display194 and the application processor. The GPU is configured to performmathematical and geometric calculations for graphic rendering. Theprocessor 110 may include one or more GPUs, and the GPUs execute programinstructions to generate or change display information.

The display 194 is configured to display an image, a video, or the like.The display is a touch screen. In some embodiments, the electronicdevice 100 may include 1 or N displays 194, where N is a positiveinteger greater than 1.

The electronic device 100 can implement a photographing function byusing the ISP, the camera 193, the video codec, the GPU, the display194, the application processor, and the like. The ISP is configured toprocess data fed back by the camera 193. The camera 193 is configured tocapture a still image or a video. In some embodiments, the electronicdevice 100 may include 1 or N cameras 193, where N is a positive integergreater than 1. [moo] As a neural-network (neural-network, NN) computingprocessor, the NPU may quickly process input information by using abiological neural network structure such as a mode of transmissionbetween human-brain nerve cells, and may further constantly performself-learning. The NPU can implement applications such as intelligentcognition of the electronic device 100, for example, screen protectorstate recognition, image restoration, image recognition, facialrecognition, speech recognition, and text understanding.

The external memory interface 120 may be configured to connect anexternal memory card, such as a micro SD card, to expand a storagecapacity of the electronic device 100. The external memory cardcommunicates with the processor 110 through the external memoryinterface 120, to implement a data storage function. For example, filessuch as music and a video are stored in the external memory card.

The internal memory 121 may be configured to store computer executableprogram code, and the executable program code includes instructions. Theprocessor 110 executes various function applications and data processingof the electronic device 100 by running the instructions stored in theinternal memory 121. The internal memory 121 may include a programstorage area and a data storage area. The program storage region maystore an operating system, an application program required by at leastone function (such as a sound play function and an image displayfunction), and the like. The data storage area may store data (such asaudio data and a phone book) created during use of the electronic device100, and the like. In addition, the internal memory 121 may include ahigh-speed random access memory, and may further include a non-volatilememory such as at least one magnetic disk storage component, a flashmemory component, or a universal flash storage (universal flash storage,UFS).

The electronic device 100 may implement an audio function by using theaudio module 170, the speaker 170A, the telephone receiver 170B, themicrophone 170C, the headset jack 170D, the application processor, andthe like, such as music playing and recording.

The fingerprint sensor 180A is configured to capture fingerprintinformation. The electronic device 100 may use fingerprint features ofthe captured fingerprint information for user identity verification(that is, fingerprint recognition), to implement fingerprint unlocking,application lock accessing, fingerprint photographing, fingerprint-basedcall answering, and the like.

In the embodiment of the present application, the fingerprint sensor180A may be disposed under the display 194; or the fingerprint sensor180A may be integrated in the display 194. The fingerprint sensor 180Amay be disposed in a fixed position of the display 194. For example,when the electronic device 100 is a touch-screen mobile phone, thefingerprint sensor 180A may be disposed in a position that is close tothe underside of the touch-screen mobile phone and that is in the touchscreen (that is, the display 194) of the touch-screen mobile phone. Forexample, as shown in FIG. 4 , the fingerprint sensor 180A may bedisposed in a position a of the display 194. Alternatively, thefingerprint sensor 180A may be disposed throughout the display 194.

The touch sensor 180B is also referred to as a “touch panel (TP)”. Thetouch sensor 180B may be disposed on the display 194, and the touchsensor 180B and the display 194 constitute a touch screen, which is alsoreferred to as a “touch control screen”. The touch sensor 180B isconfigured to detect a touch operation performed on or near the touchsensor 180B. The touch sensor can transmit a detected touch operation tothe application processor to determine a type of a touch event. Thedisplay 194 may be configured to provide a visual output related to thetouch operation. In some other embodiments, the touch sensor 180B may bealternatively disposed on the surface of the electronic device 100 in aposition different from that of the display 194.

The key 190 includes a power-on key, a volume key, and the like. Themotor 191 may generate vibration alerts. The indicator 192 may be anindicator light, and may be used to indicate a charging status and abattery level, or may be used to indicate a message, a missed call, anotification, and the like. The SIM card interface 195 is configured toconnect a SIM card.

An embodiment of the present application provides a fingerprintrecognition method, which can be applied to an electronic device havingan in-screen fingerprint recognition function. The electronic deviceincludes a touch screen, and a fingerprint sensor disposed under thetouch screen. Based on an example in which the foregoing electronicdevice is a mobile phone, as shown in FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B, thefingerprint recognition method may include S501 to S509.

S501. The mobile phone displays a first interface, and the mobile phonecaptures first fingerprint information that is input by a user at thefirst interface.

The first interface may include at least one of the followinginterfaces: an interface in which the mobile phone is in a lock screenstate, a fingerprint payment interface of the mobile phone, and afingerprint input interface for one or more functions of a firstapplication in the mobile phone. The first application may be anapplication whose one or more functions will be available only when anunlock (for example, fingerprint unlock) operation is performed. Forexample, the first application may be a “bank” application whose accountdetail page will be displayed on the mobile phone only when an unlock(for example, fingerprint unlock) operation is performed. For anotherexample, the first application may be a “settings” application whosepassword modification and decryption will be displayed on the mobilephone only when an unlock (for example, fingerprint unlock) operation isperformed.

In a first application scenario, the first interface is an interface inwhich the mobile phone is in a lock screen state. The interface in whichthe mobile phone is in a lock screen state may be a black screeninterface of the mobile phone, or may be a lock screen interface of themobile phone.

Both the black screen interface 601 shown in FIG. 6(a) and the lockscreen interface 602 shown in FIG. 6(b) of the mobile phone can receivefingerprint information (captured by the fingerprint sensor) that isinput by the user. The fingerprint information is used for unlocking themobile phone. For example, after the mobile phone receives fingerprintinformation (for example, the first fingerprint information) that isinput by the user at the black screen interface 601 or the lock screeninterface 602, the mobile phone may perform S502 to determine whetherthe first fingerprint information matches preset fingerprintinformation. After S602, if the first fingerprint information passesfingerprint recognition, the mobile phone may display a main interface603 shown in FIG. 6(c), in other words, a second interface.

It should be noted that “passing fingerprint recognition” described inthe embodiment of the present application may also be referred to as“fingerprint recognition success”, and “not passing fingerprintrecognition” may also be referred to as “fingerprint recognitionfailure”.

Specifically, the mobile phone may determine whether the firstfingerprint information matches the preset fingerprint information. Ifthe first fingerprint information matches the preset fingerprintinformation, it indicates that the first fingerprint information passesfingerprint recognition. If the first fingerprint information does notmatch the preset fingerprint information, the first fingerprintinformation does not pass fingerprint recognition. For example, if amatching degree of the first fingerprint information and the presetfingerprint information is higher than or equal to a preset matchingdegree threshold, it indicates that the first fingerprint informationmatches the preset fingerprint information. If the matching degreebetween the first fingerprint information and the preset fingerprintinformation is lower than the preset matching degree threshold, itindicates that the first fingerprint information does not match thepreset fingerprint information. For example, the preset matching degreethreshold may be any value such as 80%, 90%, or 85%. The preset matchingdegree threshold is stored on the mobile phone in advance. The presetfingerprint information is stored on the mobile phone in advance.

In a second application scenario, the first interface is the fingerprintpayment interface of the mobile phone, such as a payment interface 701shown in FIG. 7(a). The mobile phone may receive fingerprint information(for example, first fingerprint information) (captured by thefingerprint sensor) that is input by a user at the payment interface701. Thereafter, the mobile phone may perform S502 to performfingerprint recognition on the first fingerprint information. AfterS502, if the fingerprint recognition is passed, the mobile phone maydisplay a payment success interface 702 shown in FIG. 7(b), in otherwords, a second interface.

In a third application scenario, the first interface is the fingerprintinput interface for one or more functions of the first application inthe mobile phone. For example, the mobile phone may display a home page801 of a “bank” application shown in FIG. 8(a). In response to a userclick operation on the “Mine” button 802 on the home page 801 of the“bank” application, the mobile phone may display a fingerprint entryinterface 803 shown in FIG. 8(b). The first interface may be thefingerprint entry interface 803. The mobile phone may receivefingerprint information (for example, first fingerprint information)(captured by the fingerprint sensor) that is input by the user at thefingerprint entry interface 803. Thereafter, the mobile phone mayperform S502 to perform fingerprint recognition on the first fingerprintinformation. After S502, if the fingerprint recognition is passed, theaccount detail page of the “bank” application is unlocked, and themobile phone may display an account detail page 804 of the “bank”application shown in FIG. 8(c), in other words, a second interface.

S502. The mobile phone determines whether the first fingerprintinformation matches the preset fingerprint information.

For a specific method in which the mobile phone determines whether thefirst fingerprint information matches the preset fingerprintinformation, refer to the fingerprint recognition method in theforegoing embodiment and the conventional technology. Details are notdescribed herein again in this embodiment of the present application. Insome embodiments, S502 is optional. The mobile phone may perform S503directly after S5 oi.

After S502, if the first fingerprint information does not passfingerprint recognition, it indicates that the first fingerprintinformation does not match the preset fingerprint information forfingerprint recognition previously stored in the mobile phone, and itindicates that fingerprint recognition on the first fingerprintinformation fails. If the first fingerprint information does not passfingerprint recognition, there may be three reasons: (1) the user doesnot input the fingerprint information using the correct finger; (2) afingerprint pattern of the user is blurred and not easily captured; and(3) when the user inputs fingerprint information, an insufficientfitting degree between the finger and the touch screen cannot ensurethat the fingerprint sensor captures fingerprint information with highfingerprint image quality. Even if the second or third reason exists, ifa film is not applied to the touch screen of the mobile phone,fingerprint recognition on the fingerprint information captured by thetouch sensor may succeed. Therefore, the mobile phone can restore thefirst fingerprint information to increase the success rate offingerprint recognition. Specifically, after S502, if the firstfingerprint information does not match the preset fingerprintinformation, it indicates that the first fingerprint information doesnot pass fingerprint recognition, and the mobile phone may perform S503.If the first fingerprint information passes fingerprint recognition, themobile phone may perform S508.

S503. The mobile phone determines whether the touch screen is in a firststate.

The first state is used to indicate that the touch screen is in a screenprotector state. When the touch screen is in a screen protector state,specifically, a protective film is applied to the touch screen. When thetouch screen is in a bare screen state, specifically, a protective filmis not applied to the touch screen. The protective film described in theembodiments of the present application may be any protective film suchas a tempered film, a hydrogel film, or a high-definition plastic film.

For example, a preset AI recognition model may be pre-configured on themobile phone. The preset AI recognition model is capable of determining,based on a fingerprint image, whether a corresponding touch screen is ina screen protector state. Specifically, the method in which the mobilephone determines whether the touch screen is in a screen protector statemay include S503 a to S503 c. For example, as shown in FIG. 9A and FIG.9B, S503 may include S503 a to S503 c.

S503 a. The mobile phone obtains raw fingerprint data for the firstfingerprint information and obtains preset fingerprint data.

The raw fingerprint data may also be referred to as raw (Raw) data.“Raw” can be translated as “unprocessed”. To be specific, the rawfingerprint data is an unprocessed fingerprint image captured by thefingerprint sensor.

The preset fingerprint data may be referred to as base (Base) data. Thepreset fingerprint data includes noisy image data that is generatedbased on actual hardware parameters of the touch screen and thefingerprint sensor and that affects a success rate of fingerprintrecognition. For example, the preset fingerprint data may include noisyimage data generated due to a lack of close fit between the touch screenand the fingerprint sensor. The preset fingerprint data may be obtainedby performing a large quantity of tests on the mobile phone beforedelivery from factory. The preset fingerprint data is pre-configured onthe mobile phone.

S503 b. The mobile phone performs feature fusion on the raw fingerprintdata and the preset fingerprint data to obtain a first fusion image.

It should be understood that the raw fingerprint data is captured inreal time by the mobile phone during S5 oi. The raw fingerprint dataincludes the noisy image data that is generated based on the actualhardware parameters of the touch screen and the fingerprint sensor andthat affects the success rate of fingerprint recognition. Therefore, themobile phone can perform feature fusion on the raw fingerprint data andthe preset fingerprint data to reduce the noisy image data in the rawfingerprint data to obtain the first fusion image.

In some embodiments, the method in which the mobile phone performsfeature fusion on the raw fingerprint data and the preset fingerprintdata to obtain the first fusion image may include S1 and S2. In otherwords, S503 b includes S1 and S2.

S1: The mobile phone removes the noisy image data from the rawfingerprint data (that is, the raw data) by using the preset fingerprintdata (that is, the base data) to obtain a second fusion image.

For the method in which the mobile phone removes the noisy image datafrom the raw fingerprint data by using the preset fingerprint data toobtain the second fusion image, refer to the related description in theconventional technology. Details are not described herein.

S2: The mobile phone performs normalization on the second fusion imageto obtain the first fusion image.

It should be understood that quality of a fingerprint image captured bythe mobile phone is affected not only by hardware parameters of themobile phone, but also by a user operation and illumination. Forexample, the second fusion image obtained by performing S1 by the mobilephone may be nonuniform in brightness because the user finger sweats,the user finger does not fit the touch screen sufficiently, ambientlight is too strong, and the like. If the user finger does not fit thetouch screen sufficiently or the ambient light is too strong, a positionthat is corresponding to the fingerprint sensor and that is on the touchscreen is easily reflected, resulting in nonuniform brightness of thefingerprint image.

In view of this, the mobile phone may perform S2 and performnormalization on the second fusion image to obtain the first fusionimage. In this way, brightness of all pixels in the fusion image can bemade more uniform. Brightness uniformity of all pixels in the firstfusion image is higher than brightness uniformity of all pixels in thesecond fusion image.

The brightness uniformity of the fingerprint image can be reflected bycontrast of the fingerprint image. Stronger contrast of the fingerprintimage indicates lower brightness uniformity of the fingerprint image.Weaker contrast of the fingerprint image indicates higher brightnessuniformity of the fingerprint image. In this design, normalization canbe performed on the second fusion image to reduce the contrast of thesecond fusion image, thereby improving the brightness uniformity of thesecond fusion image.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application,for the method in which the mobile phone performs normalization on afusion image (for example, the second fusion image) to improvebrightness uniformity of the fusion image, reference may be made to therelated description in the conventional technology, and details are notdescribed herein in this embodiment of the present application.

S503 c. The mobile phone runs a preset AI recognition model with thefirst fusion image used as input to determine whether the touch screenis in the first state.

The preset AI recognition model is capable of determining, based on afingerprint image, whether a corresponding touch screen is in the firststate. The corresponding touch screen refers to a touch screen in whicha fingerprint sensor for capturing the fingerprint image is located.

The preset AI recognition model is pre-configured on the mobile phone.An output result of the preset AI recognition model is used to indicatewhether the touch screen is in a screen protector state. For example,the output result of the preset AI recognition model may be firstinformation or second information. The first information is used toindicate that the touch screen is in a screen protector state, and thesecond information is used to indicate that the touch screen is in abare screen state. For example, the first information may be “1”, andthe second information may be “0”. Alternatively, the first informationmay be “10”, and the second information may be “00”.

For example, the preset AI recognition model may include at least anyone of the following network modules: a CNN model or a ResNet model.

It should be noted that the ResNet model described in the embodiments ofthe present application may be obtained by modifying an existing ResNetmodel. Specifically, the ResNet model described in the embodiments ofthe present application may be a model obtained by deleting branchesother than a branch for a dichotomous classification function in theResNet model. The dichotomous classification function refers to anability to solve a dichotomous classification problem. The dichotomousclassification problem has two results: yes (YES) or no (NO). The firstinformation is YES, and the second information is NO.

For example, the embodiment of the present application describes atraining process of the preset AI recognition model.

In the embodiment of the present application, the fingerprint sensor ofthe mobile phone can capture a plurality of fingerprint images a and aplurality of fingerprint images b of a large quantity of users indifferent usage scenarios. The plurality of fingerprint images a arecaptured by the fingerprint sensor of the mobile phone when the touchscreen of the mobile phone is in the screen protector state. Theplurality of fingerprint images b are captured by the fingerprint sensorof the mobile phone when the touch screen of the mobile phone is in thebare screen state. Then, a corresponding fusion image a (that is, afirst fusion image) can be obtained from each captured fingerprint imagea, and a corresponding fusion image b (that is, a first fusion image)can be obtained from each captured fingerprint image b. In this way, aplurality of screen-protector training samples and a plurality ofbare-screen training samples can be obtained. Each screen-protectortraining sample includes a fusion image a corresponding to a fingerprintimage a, and each bare-screen training sample includes a fusion image bcorresponding to a fingerprint image b.

Finally, the preset AI recognition model may be trained by using theplurality of screen-protector training samples (that is, the pluralityof fusion images a) as input samples, and using the first information asoutput samples. The preset AI recognition model may be further trainedby using the plurality of bare-screen training samples (that is, theplurality of fusion images b) as input samples, and using the secondinformation as output samples. Thus, after a plurality of times oftraining, the preset AI recognition model is capable of determining,based on a fingerprint image, whether a corresponding touch screen is ina screen protector state.

The different usage scenarios may include a plurality of scenarios inwhich the mobile phone may be used. For example, the plurality ofscenarios may include at least the following usage scenarios: ahigh-temperature scenario, a low-temperature scenario, a scenario inwhich ambient light brightness is relatively high, a scenario in whichambient light brightness is relatively low, an indoor scenario, anoutdoor scenario, a day scenario, a night scenario, and any otherscenarios corresponding to image quality factors that may affectfingerprint images captured by the fingerprint sensor. The largequantity of users may include a plurality of users at different ages, aplurality of users of different genders, a plurality of users indifferent professions, a plurality of users with different degrees offinger wetness, and the like.

After S503 (or S503 c), if the touch screen is in the first state, itindicates that the first fingerprint information does not passfingerprint recognition because a protective film applied to the touchscreen affects quality of a fingerprint image in the first fingerprintinformation captured by the fingerprint sensor. In this case, the mobilephone may perform S504 of restoring the first fingerprint information byusing a first preset AI restoration model, and then perform S505 ofperforming fingerprint recognition on restored second fingerprintinformation.

After S503 (or S503 c), if the touch screen is in a second state, itindicates that the first fingerprint information does not passfingerprint recognition, not because a protective film applied to thetouch screen affects quality of a fingerprint image in the firstfingerprint information captured by the fingerprint sensor, but becausesomething else. The second state is used to indicate that the touchscreen is in a bare screen state. In some embodiments, after S503, ifthe touch screen is in the bare screen state, the mobile phone mayperform S509 of indicating a fingerprint recognition failure. In someother embodiments, after S503, if the touch screen is in the bare screenstate, the mobile phone may not perform S509, but use another preset AIrestoration model (for example, a second preset AI restoration model) torestore the first fingerprint information to obtain third fingerprintinformation, and then perform fingerprint recognition on the thirdfingerprint information.

S504. The mobile phone runs the first preset AI restoration model withthe first fingerprint information used as input to obtain the secondfingerprint information. Quality of a fingerprint image in the secondfingerprint information is higher than quality of a fingerprint image inthe first fingerprint information.

For example, a fingerprint image 1001 shown in FIG. 10 is thefingerprint image in the first fingerprint information, and afingerprint image 1002 shown in FIG. 10 is the fingerprint image in thesecond fingerprint information. As shown in FIG. 10 , quality of thefingerprint image 1002 is higher than quality of the fingerprint image1001.

The first preset AI restoration model is capable of restoring afingerprint image to improve image quality. The first preset AIrestoration model is pre-configured on the mobile phone. An image beforerestoration (for example, the first fingerprint information) is inputinto the first preset AI restoration model, and an image afterrestoration (for example, the second fingerprint information) is outputfrom the first preset AI restoration model.

The first preset AI restoration model is trained by using a plurality offirst groups of fingerprint images as training samples. Each first groupof fingerprint images includes a first fingerprint image and a secondfingerprint image. The first fingerprint image is captured by thefingerprint sensor when the touch screen is in the screen protectorstate. The second fingerprint image is an image obtained after the firstfingerprint image is restored. The second fingerprint image may beobtained by restoring the first fingerprint image using a pre-configuredimage restoration tool (for example, an AI model).

For example, the embodiment of the present application describes atraining process of the first preset AI restoration model.

In the embodiment of the present application, a plurality of firstgroups of fingerprint images may be captured, and each first group offingerprint images includes a first fingerprint image A and a secondfingerprint image B. The second fingerprint image B is obtained byrestoring the first fingerprint image A using a pre-configured imagerestoration tool (for example, an AI model). Quality of the secondfingerprint image B is higher than quality of the first fingerprintimage A in the same group. Then, the first preset AI restoration modelmay be trained by using the first fingerprint image A in each firstgroup of fingerprint images as an input sample, and using the secondfingerprint image B in the first group of fingerprint images as anoutput sample. Thus, after a plurality of times of training, the firstpreset AI restoration model is capable of restoring a fingerprint imageto improve image quality.

In some embodiments, the first preset AI restoration model may be afully convolutional network (fully convolutional network, FCN) model. Insome other embodiments, the first preset AI restoration model may be aUnet model. Herein, the Unet model is more miniaturized than the FCNmodel. Thus, the Unet model is more suitable for a small terminal, suchas a mobile phone, a tablet computer, or a wearable device.

In some other embodiments, the first preset AI restoration model is aGarbor filter. The Garbor filter is capable of extracting an orientationfield image from the first fingerprint information, and restoring thefirst fingerprint information with the orientation field image to obtainthe second fingerprint information. The orientation field image is usedto represent directionality of a fingerprint ridge of the fingerprintimage in the first fingerprint information.

It should be understood that because the orientation field image is usedto represent directionality of a fingerprint ridge of the fingerprintimage in the first fingerprint information, the directionality of thefingerprint ridge of the fingerprint image in the first fingerprintinformation can be determined by using the orientation field image, andintermittent fingerprint points in the first fingerprint information canbe connected based on the directionality of the fingerprint ridge of thefingerprint image in the first fingerprint information. Thus, the secondfingerprint information whose image quality is higher than image qualityof the first fingerprint information can be obtained.

S505. The mobile phone determines whether the second fingerprintinformation matches the preset fingerprint information.

For a specific method in which the mobile phone determines whether thesecond fingerprint information matches the preset fingerprintinformation, or the mobile phone performs fingerprint recognition on thesecond fingerprint information, refer to the fingerprint recognitionmethod in the foregoing embodiment and the conventional technology.Details are not described herein in this embodiment of the presentapplication.

After S505, if the second fingerprint information passes fingerprintrecognition (that is, the second fingerprint information matches thepreset fingerprint information), the mobile phone may perform S508. Ifthe second fingerprint information does not pass fingerprint recognition(that is, the second fingerprint information does not match the presetfingerprint information), the mobile phone may perform S509.

S506. The mobile phone runs the second preset AI restoration model withthe first fingerprint information used as input to obtain the thirdfingerprint information. Quality of a fingerprint image in the thirdfingerprint information is higher than the quality of the fingerprintimage in the first fingerprint information.

For example, a fingerprint image 1003 shown in FIG. 10 is thefingerprint image in the first fingerprint information, and afingerprint image 1004 shown in FIG. 10 is the fingerprint image in thethird fingerprint information. As shown in FIG. 10 , quality of thefingerprint image 1004 is higher than quality of the fingerprint image1003.

The second preset AI restoration model is capable of restoring afingerprint image to improve image quality. The second preset AIrestoration model is pre-configured on the mobile phone. An image beforerestoration (for example, the first fingerprint information) is inputinto the second preset AI restoration model, and an image afterrestoration (for example, the third fingerprint information) is outputfrom the second preset AI restoration model.

The second preset AI restoration model is trained by using a pluralityof second groups of fingerprint images as training samples. Each secondgroup of fingerprint images includes a third fingerprint image and afourth fingerprint image. The third fingerprint image is captured by thefingerprint sensor when the touch screen is in the bare screen state.The fourth fingerprint image is an image obtained after the thirdfingerprint image is restored. The fourth fingerprint image may beobtained by restoring the third fingerprint image using a pre-configuredimage restoration tool (for example, an AI model).

For example, the embodiment of the present application describes atraining process of the second preset AI restoration model.

In the embodiment of the present application, a plurality of secondgroups of fingerprint images may be captured, and each second group offingerprint images includes a third fingerprint image C and a fourthfingerprint image D. The fourth fingerprint image D is obtained byrestoring the third fingerprint image C using a pre-configured imagerestoration tool (for example, an AI model). Quality of the fourthfingerprint image D is higher than quality of the third fingerprintimage C in the same group. Then, the second preset AI restoration modelmay be trained by using the third fingerprint image C in each secondgroup of fingerprint images as an input sample, and using the fourthfingerprint image D in the second group of fingerprint images as anoutput sample. Thus, after a plurality of times of training, the secondpreset AI restoration model is capable of restoring a fingerprint imageto improve image quality.

In some embodiments, the second preset AI restoration model may be anFCN model. In some other embodiments, the second preset AI restorationmodel may be a Unet model.

In some other embodiments, the second preset AI restoration model is aGarbor filter. The Garbor filter is capable of extracting an orientationfield image from the first fingerprint information, and restoring thefirst fingerprint information with the orientation field image to obtainthe third fingerprint information. The orientation field image is usedto represent directionality of a fingerprint ridge of the fingerprintimage in the first fingerprint information.

It should be understood that because the orientation field image is usedto represent directionality of a fingerprint ridge of the fingerprintimage in the first fingerprint information, the directionality of thefingerprint ridge of the fingerprint image in the first fingerprintinformation can be determined by using the orientation field image, andintermittent fingerprint points in the first fingerprint information canbe connected based on the directionality of the fingerprint ridge of thefingerprint image in the first fingerprint information. Thus, the thirdfingerprint information whose image quality is higher than image qualityof the first fingerprint information can be obtained.

It should be noted that the first preset AI restoration model and thesecond preset AI restoration model are trained by using differenttraining samples. Specifically, the first preset AI restoration model istrained by using the plurality of first groups of fingerprint images astraining samples, while the second preset AI restoration model istrained by using the plurality of second groups of fingerprint images astraining samples. Each first group of fingerprint images includes afirst fingerprint image captured by the fingerprint sensor when thetouch screen is in the screen protector state, and a second fingerprintimage obtained by restoring the first fingerprint image. Each secondgroup of fingerprint images includes a third fingerprint image capturedby the fingerprint sensor when the touch screen is in the bare screenstate, and a fourth fingerprint image obtained by restoring the thirdfingerprint image.

In other words, the first preset AI restoration model is trained byusing the fingerprint images captured by the fingerprint sensor when thetouch screen is in the screen protector state, while the second presetAI restoration model is trained by using the fingerprint images capturedby the fingerprint sensor when the touch screen is in the bare screenstate. Therefore, the first preset AI restoration model has a bettereffect of restoring a fingerprint image captured in the screen protectorstate, while the second preset AI model has a better effect of restoringa fingerprint image captured in the bare screen state.

According to the method in the embodiment of the present application, iffingerprint recognition is performed, the mobile phone can use differentAI restoration models to restore fingerprint images captured by thefingerprint sensor when the touch screen is in different states (such asa screen protector state or a bare screen state), so as to improvequality of the fingerprint images. In this way, when the touch screen isin different states, quality of the fingerprint images can be improvedaccordingly, so that the success rate of fingerprint recognition can beincreased.

S507. The mobile phone determines whether the third fingerprintinformation matches the preset fingerprint information.

For a specific method in which the mobile phone determines whether thethird fingerprint information matches the preset fingerprintinformation, or the mobile phone performs fingerprint recognition on thethird fingerprint information, refer to the fingerprint recognitionmethod in the conventional technology. Details are not described hereinin this embodiment of the present application.

After S509, if the third fingerprint information passes fingerprintrecognition (that is, the third fingerprint information matches thepreset fingerprint information), the mobile phone may perform S508. Ifthe third fingerprint information does not pass fingerprint recognition(that is, the third fingerprint information does not match the presetfingerprint information), the mobile phone may perform S509.

S508: The mobile phone displays the second interface. The secondinterface is an interface displayed on the mobile phone after thefingerprint recognition is passed at the first interface.

For example, in the foregoing first application scenario, the secondinterface may be the main interface 603 shown in FIG. 6(c). For anotherexample, in the foregoing second application scenario, the secondinterface may be the payment success interface 702 shown in FIG. 7(b).For another example, in the foregoing third application scenario, thesecond interface may be the account detail page 804 of the “bank”application.

S509: The mobile phone displays the third interface. The third interfaceincludes prompt information indicating a fingerprint recognitionfailure.

For a method in which the mobile phone sends the prompt informationindicating that the fingerprint recognition is not passed (that is, thefingerprint recognition failure), refer to the related description inthe conventional technology. Details are not described herein.

For example, FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a principle of afingerprint recognition method according to an embodiment of the presentapplication. The mobile phone may perform fingerprint recognition 1101shown in FIG. 11 , and perform fingerprint recognition 1 on firstfingerprint information by using a fingerprint recognition algorithm toobtain a fingerprint recognition feedback (that is, a fingerprintrecognition result). The fingerprint recognition feedback may be afingerprint recognition failure or success. Herein, 1101 shown in FIG.11 corresponds to S502.

After 1101 shown in FIG. 11 , if the fingerprint recognition succeeds(that is, the fingerprint recognition passes), the mobile phone maydisplay a second interface. The second interface is an interfacedisplayed on the mobile phone after the fingerprint recognition ispassed at the first interface.

After 1101 shown in FIG. 11 , if the fingerprint recognition fails (thatis, the fingerprint recognition is not passed), the mobile phone mayperform screen protector recognition 1102 shown in FIG. 11 of fusing rawfingerprint data (for example, the raw data) and preset fingerprint data(for example, the base data) to obtain a fusion image (that is, a firstfusion image), and using a preset AI recognition algorithm by using thefusion image as data to obtain a recognition result. The recognitionresult is used to indicate whether the touch screen of the mobile phoneis in a screen protector state. It should be understood that the presetAI recognition algorithm is an algorithm used by the preset AIrecognition model for screen protector recognition. Herein, 1102 shownin FIG. 11 corresponds to S503.

After 1102 shown in FIG. 11 , if the touch screen of the mobile phone isin the screen protector state, the mobile phone may perform 1103 shownin FIG. 11 of restoring a preprocessed image (for example, the firstfingerprint information) by using a first preset AI restorationalgorithm to obtain a restored image (for example, second fingerprintinformation). It should be understood that the first preset AIrestoration algorithm is an algorithm used by the first preset AIrestoration model to perform image restoration. Herein, 1103 shown inFIG. 11 corresponds to S504.

After 1103 shown in FIG. 11 , the mobile phone may perform 1104 shown inFIG. 11 of performing fingerprint recognition 2 on a restored image (forexample, the second fingerprint information) by using a fingerprintrecognition algorithm to obtain a fingerprint recognition feedback (thatis, a fingerprint recognition result). The fingerprint recognitionfeedback may be a fingerprint recognition failure or success. Herein,1104 shown in FIG. 11 corresponds to S505.

After 1102 shown in FIG. 11 , if the touch screen of the mobile phone isin the bare screen state, the mobile phone may perform 1105 shown inFIG. 11 of restoring the preprocessed image (for example, the firstfingerprint information) by using a second preset AI restorationalgorithm to obtain a restored image (for example, third fingerprintinformation). It should be understood that the second preset AIrestoration algorithm is an algorithm used by the second preset AIrestoration model to perform image restoration. Herein, 1105 shown inFIG. 11 corresponds to S506.

After 1105 shown in FIG. 11 , the mobile phone may perform 1106 shown inFIG. 11 of performing fingerprint recognition 3 on a restored image (forexample, the third fingerprint information) by using a fingerprintrecognition algorithm to obtain a fingerprint recognition feedback (forexample, a fingerprint recognition result). The fingerprint recognitionfeedback may be a fingerprint recognition failure or success. Herein,1106 shown in FIG. 11 corresponds to S507.

As can be seen from the above description, the mobile phone performs thescreen protector recognition 1102 to perform image fusion on the rawfingerprint data (for example, the raw data) and the preset fingerprintdata (for example, the base data). In this way, the noisy image data inthe raw fingerprint data can be reduced.

In some other embodiments, the mobile phone may also normalize thefusion image to increase brightness uniformity of all pixels in thefusion image. For example, S503 b may include S1 and S2.

In some other embodiments, after image fusion is performed on the rawfingerprint data (for example, the raw data) and the preset fingerprintdata (for example, the base data), only part of the noisy image data canbe removed from the raw fingerprint data, and some Gaussian noise cannotbe removed by image fusion. In view of this, in the embodiment of thepresent application, as shown in FIG. 12 , the mobile phone may performnormalization on the fusion image, and then perform Gaussian filteringon the normalized image. Specifically, S503 b may include S-a, S-b, andS-c.

S-a: The mobile phone removes noisy image data from the raw fingerprintdata (for example, the raw data) by using the preset fingerprint data(for example, the base data) to obtain a second fusion image.

For detailed description of S-a, refer to the introduction to S1 in theforegoing embodiment. Details are not described herein again in thisembodiment of the present application.

S-b: The mobile phone performs normalization on the second fusion imageto obtain a third fusion image.

For detailed description of S-b, refer to the introduction to S2 in theforegoing embodiment. Details are not described herein again in thisembodiment of the present application.

S-c: The mobile phone performs Gaussian filtering on the third fusionimage to obtain the first fusion image.

The mobile phone may perform S-c to filter out the Gaussian noise in thethird fusion image to obtain the first fusion image. In the embodimentof the present application, for a method in which the mobile phoneperforms Gaussian filtering on a fusion image (for example, the thirdfusion image), refer to the related description in the conventionaltechnology. Details are not described herein in the embodiment of thepresent application.

In some other embodiments, to further increase the success rate offingerprint recognition, as shown in FIG. 13, 1103 may further includethat the mobile phone performs normalization on the preprocessed image(for example, the first fingerprint information). The normalization ofthe first fingerprint information can improve brightness uniformity ofall pixels in the fingerprint image in the first fingerprintinformation. Then, as shown in FIG. 13 , the mobile phone may run thefirst preset AI restoration model with the normalized first fingerprintinformation used as input to obtain a restored image 1. Finally, asshown in FIG. 13 , the mobile phone may perform image fusion on thenormalized first fingerprint information and the restored image 1 toobtain the second fingerprint image. Image fusion is performed on thenormalized first fingerprint information and the restored image 1 toobtain a fingerprint image with a clearer texture and fewer intermittentpoints. In other words, compared with the restored image 1, the secondfingerprint image obtained after fusion has a clearer texture and fewerintermittent points. In this way, the success rate of fingerprintrecognition is higher for the second fingerprint image obtained afterfusion.

In some other embodiments, to further increase the success rate offingerprint recognition, as shown in FIG. 14, 1105 may further includethat the mobile phone performs normalization on the preprocessed image(for example, the first fingerprint information). The normalization ofthe first fingerprint information can improve brightness uniformity ofall pixels in the fingerprint image in the first fingerprintinformation. Then, as shown in FIG. 14 , the mobile phone may run thesecond preset AI restoration model with the normalized first fingerprintinformation used as input to obtain a restored image 2. Finally, asshown in FIG. 14 , the mobile phone may perform image fusion on thenormalized first fingerprint information and the restored image 2 toobtain a third fingerprint image. Image fusion is performed on thenormalized first fingerprint information and the restored image 2 toobtain a fingerprint image with a clearer texture and fewer intermittentpoints. In other words, compared with the restored image 2, the thirdfingerprint image obtained after fusion has a clearer texture and fewerintermittent points. In this way, the success rate of fingerprintrecognition is higher for the third fingerprint image obtained afterfusion.

An embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device,and the electronic device may include: the foregoing touch screen, amemory, and one or more processors. The electronic device may alsoinclude a fingerprint sensor. The fingerprint sensor and the touchscreen can provide an in-screen fingerprint function. The touch screen,the fingerprint sensor, and the memory are coupled to the processor. Thememory is configured to store computer program code, and the computerprogram code includes computer instructions. When the processor executesthe computer instructions, the electronic device can perform thefunctions or steps performed by the mobile phone in the foregoing methodembodiments. For a structure of the electronic device, refer to thestructure of the electronic device 100 in FIG. 3 .

An embodiment of the present application further provides a computerstorage medium. The computer storage medium includes computerinstructions. When the computer instructions are run on an electronicdevice, the electronic device is enabled to perform the functions orsteps performed by the mobile phone in the foregoing method embodiments.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a computerprogram product. When the computer program product is run on a computer,the computer is enabled to perform the functions or steps performed bythe mobile phone in the foregoing method embodiments.

The foregoing descriptions about implementations allow a person skilledin the art to clearly understand that, for the purpose of convenient andbrief description, division of the foregoing functional modules is usedonly as an example for illustration. In actual application, theforegoing functions can be allocated to different functional modules andimplemented according to needs, that is, an inner structure of anapparatus is divided into different functional modules to implement allor some of the functions described above.

In the embodiments provided in the present application, it should beunderstood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented inanother manner. For example, the described apparatus embodiment is onlyan example. For example, the module or unit division is merely logicalfunction division and may be other division in actual implementation.For example, a plurality of units or components may be combined orintegrated into another apparatus, or some features may be ignored ornot performed. In addition, the displayed or discussed mutual couplingsor direct couplings or communication connections may be implemented byusing some interfaces. The indirect couplings or communicationconnections between the apparatuses or units may be implemented inelectronic, mechanical, or other forms.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physicallyseparate, and parts displayed as units may be one physical unit or aplurality of physical units, that is, may be located in one place, ormay be distributed in a plurality of different places. Some or all ofthe units may be selected based on actual needs to achieve theobjectives of the solutions of the embodiments.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the presentapplication may be integrated into one processing unit, or each of theunits may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integratedinto one unit. The integrated unit may be implemented in a form ofhardware, or may be implemented in a form of a software functional unit.

When the integrated unit is implemented in the form of a softwarefunctional unit and sold or used as an independent product, theintegrated unit may be stored in a readable storage medium. Based onsuch an understanding, the technical solutions in the embodiments of thepresent application essentially, or the part contributing to the priorart, or all or some of the technical solutions may be implemented in theform of a software product. The software product is stored in a storagemedium and includes several instructions for instructing a device (whichmay be a single-chip microcomputer, a chip or the like) or a processor(processor) to perform all or some of the steps of the methods describedin the embodiments of the present application. The foregoing storagemedium includes any medium that can store program code, such as a USBflash drive, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (read-onlymemory, ROM), a random access memory (random access memory, RAM), amagnetic disk, or an optical disc.

The foregoing content is merely specific implementations of the presentapplication, but is not intended to limit the protection scope of thepresent application. Any variation or replacement made within thetechnical scope disclosed in the present application shall fall withinthe protection scope of the present application. Therefore, theprotection scope of the present application shall be subject to theprotection scope of the claims.

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 16. A method, comprising: displaying, by an electronicdevice, a first interface, the electronic device comprising a touchscreen and a fingerprint sensor; capturing, by the electronic device,first fingerprint information that is input by a user at the firstinterface; determining, by the electronic device, whether the touchscreen is in a first state, wherein the first state indicates that thetouch screen is in a screen protector state; restoring, by theelectronic device based on that the touch screen is in the first state,the first fingerprint information by using a first preset artificialintelligence (AI) restoration model to obtain second fingerprintinformation, wherein second quality of a second fingerprint image in thesecond fingerprint information is higher than first quality of a firstfingerprint image in the first fingerprint information; determining, bythe electronic device, that the second fingerprint information matchespreset fingerprint information; and displaying, by the electronicdevice, a second interface.
 17. The method according to claim 16,wherein the method further comprises: before the determining, by theelectronic device, whether the touch screen is in the first state:determining, by the electronic device, that the first fingerprintinformation does not match the preset fingerprint information; anddisplaying, by the electronic device, a third interface, wherein thethird interface comprises prompt information indicating a fingerprintrecognition failure.
 18. The method according to claim 16, wherein themethod further comprises: after the determining, by the electronicdevice, whether the touch screen is in the first state, restoring, bythe electronic device based on that the touch screen is in a secondstate, the first fingerprint information by using a second preset AIrestoration model to obtain third fingerprint information, wherein thesecond state indicates that the touch screen is in a bare screen state,and third quality of a third fingerprint image in the third fingerprintinformation is higher than the first quality of the first fingerprintimage in the first fingerprint information; and determining, by theelectronic device, that the third fingerprint information matches thepreset fingerprint information; and displaying the second interface,wherein the first preset AI restoration model is different from thesecond preset AI restoration model.
 19. The method according to claim16, wherein the first interface comprises at least one of: an interfacein which the electronic device is in a lock screen state, a fingerprintpayment interface of the electronic device, or a fingerprint unlockinginterface for one or more functions of a first application on theelectronic device.
 20. The method according to claim 16, wherein thedetermining, by the electronic device, whether the touch screen is inthe first state comprises: obtaining, by the electronic device, rawfingerprint data for the first fingerprint information and obtainingpreset fingerprint data; performing, by the electronic device, featurefusion on the raw fingerprint data and the preset fingerprint data toobtain a first fusion image; and running, by the electronic device, apreset AI recognition model with the first fusion image used as input todetermine whether the touch screen is in the first state.
 21. The methodaccording to claim 20, wherein the performing, by the electronic device,the feature fusion on the raw fingerprint data and the presetfingerprint data to obtain the first fusion image comprises: removing,by the electronic device, noisy image data from the raw fingerprint databy using the preset fingerprint data to obtain a second fusion image;and performing, by the electronic device, normalization on the secondfusion image to obtain the first fusion image, wherein first brightnessuniformity of all pixels in the first fusion image is higher than secondbrightness uniformity of all pixels in the second fusion image.
 22. Themethod according to claim 20, wherein the performing, by the electronicdevice, the feature fusion on the raw fingerprint data and the presetfingerprint data to obtain the first fusion image comprises: removing,by the electronic device, noisy image data from the raw fingerprint databy using the preset fingerprint data to obtain a second fusion image;performing, by the electronic device, normalization on the second fusionimage to obtain a third fusion image, wherein third brightnessuniformity of all pixels in the third fusion image is higher than secondbrightness uniformity of all pixels in the second fusion image; andperforming, by the electronic device, Gaussian filtering on the thirdfusion image to obtain the first fusion image, wherein the first fusionimage does not comprise Gaussian noise in the third fusion image. 23.The method according to claim 20, wherein the preset AI recognitionmodel comprises a convolutional neural network (CNN) model or a residualneural network (ResNet) model.
 24. The method according to claim 16,wherein the restoring, by the electronic device, the first fingerprintinformation by using the first preset AI restoration model to obtain thesecond fingerprint information comprises: running, by the electronicdevice, the first preset AI restoration model with the first fingerprintinformation used as input to obtain the second fingerprint information,wherein the first preset AI restoration model is trained by using aplurality of first groups of fingerprint images as training samples,each first group of the plurality of first groups of fingerprint imagescomprises a first corresponding fingerprint image and a secondcorresponding fingerprint image, the first corresponding fingerprintimage is captured when the touch screen is in the first state, and thesecond corresponding fingerprint image is a pre-configured imageobtained after the first fingerprint image is restored.
 25. The methodaccording to claim 24, wherein the first preset AI restoration model isa fully convolutional network (FCN) model, or wherein the first presetAI restoration model is a Unet model, or wherein the first preset AIrestoration model is a Garbor filter.
 26. The method according to claim18, wherein the restoring, by the electronic device, the firstfingerprint information by using the second preset AI restoration modelto obtain the third fingerprint information comprises: running, by theelectronic device, the second preset AI restoration model with the firstfingerprint information used as input to obtain the third fingerprintinformation, wherein the second preset AI restoration model is trainedby using a plurality of second groups of fingerprint images as trainingsamples, each second group of the plurality of second groups offingerprint images comprises a third corresponding fingerprint image anda fourth corresponding fingerprint image, the third correspondingfingerprint image is captured when the touch screen is in the secondstate, and the fourth corresponding fingerprint image is apre-configured image obtained after the third fingerprint image isrestored.
 27. The method according to claim 26, wherein the secondpreset AI restoration model is an FCN model, or wherein the secondpreset AI restoration model is a Unet model, or wherein the secondpreset AI restoration model is a Garbor filter.
 28. An electronicdevice, comprising: a touch screen; a fingerprint sensor; a memory; andone or more processors, wherein the touch screen, the memory, and thefingerprint sensor are coupled to the one or more processors, the memorystores computer program code, the computer program code comprisescomputer instructions, and when the computer instructions are executedby the one or more processors, the electronic device is enabled toperform operations including: displaying a first interface; capturingfirst fingerprint information that is input by a user at the firstinterface; determining whether the touch screen is in a first state,wherein the first state indicates that the touch screen is in a screenprotector state; restoring, based on that the touch screen is in thefirst state, the first fingerprint information by using a first presetartificial intelligence (AI) restoration model to obtain secondfingerprint information, wherein second quality of a second fingerprintimage in the second fingerprint information is higher than first qualityof a first fingerprint image in the first fingerprint information;determining that the second fingerprint information matches presetfingerprint information; and displaying a second interface.
 29. Theelectronic device according to claim 28, the operations furthercomprising: before the determining whether the touch screen is in thefirst state: determining that the first fingerprint information does notmatch the preset fingerprint information; and displaying a thirdinterface, wherein the third interface comprises prompt informationindicating a fingerprint recognition failure.
 30. The electronic deviceaccording to claim 28, the operations further comprising: after thedetermining whether the touch screen is in the first state, restoring,based on that the touch screen is in a second state, the firstfingerprint information by using a second preset AI restoration model toobtain third fingerprint information, wherein the second state indicatesthat the touch screen is in a bare screen state, and third quality of athird fingerprint image in the third fingerprint information is higherthan the first quality of the first fingerprint image in the firstfingerprint information; and determining that the third fingerprintinformation matches the preset fingerprint information; and displayingthe second interface, wherein the first preset AI restoration model isdifferent from the second preset AI restoration model.
 31. Theelectronic device according to claim 28, wherein the first interfacecomprises at least one of: an interface in which the electronic deviceis in a lock screen state, a fingerprint payment interface of theelectronic device, or a fingerprint unlocking interface for one or morefunctions of a first application on the electronic device.
 32. Theelectronic device according to claim 28, wherein the determining whetherthe touch screen is in the first state comprises: obtaining rawfingerprint data for the first fingerprint information and obtainingpreset fingerprint data; performing feature fusion on the rawfingerprint data and the preset fingerprint data to obtain a firstfusion image; and running a preset AI recognition model with the firstfusion image used as input to determine whether the touch screen is inthe first state.
 33. The electronic device according to claim 32,wherein the performing the feature fusion on the raw fingerprint dataand the preset fingerprint data to obtain the first fusion imagecomprises: removing noisy image data from the raw fingerprint data byusing the preset fingerprint data to obtain a second fusion image; andperforming normalization on the second fusion image to obtain the firstfusion image, wherein first brightness uniformity of all pixels in thefirst fusion image is higher than second brightness uniformity of allpixels in the second fusion image.
 34. The electronic device accordingto claim 32, wherein the performing the feature fusion on the rawfingerprint data and the preset fingerprint data to obtain the firstfusion image comprises: removing noisy image data from the rawfingerprint data by using the preset fingerprint data to obtain a secondfusion image; performing normalization on the second fusion image toobtain a third fusion image, wherein third brightness uniformity of allpixels in the third fusion image is higher than second brightnessuniformity of all pixels in the second fusion image; and performingGaussian filtering on the third fusion image to obtain the first fusionimage, wherein the first fusion image does not comprise Gaussian noisein the third fusion image.
 35. A non-transitory computer-readablestorage medium, comprising computer instructions, wherein when thecomputer instructions are run on an electronic device, the electronicdevice is enabled to perform operations including: displaying a firstinterface, the electronic device comprising a touch screen and afingerprint sensor; capturing first fingerprint information that isinput by a user at the first interface; determining whether the touchscreen is in a first state, wherein the first state indicates that thetouch screen is in a screen protector state; restoring, based on thatthe touch screen is in the first state, the first fingerprintinformation by using a first preset artificial intelligence (AI)restoration model to obtain second fingerprint information, whereinsecond quality of a second fingerprint image in the second fingerprintinformation is higher than first quality of a first fingerprint image inthe first fingerprint information; determining that the secondfingerprint information matches preset fingerprint information; anddisplaying a second interface.